Mi Box S vs. Mi TV Stick

by reddxue

I'm thinking of buying either one as a gift to my FIL - he will only use this to watch movies. Just to be sure as this is very important:

  1. can I install 3rd party apps on the Mi Box S and Mi TV Stick ? So that movies can be downloaded/streamed using apps other than the ones which come pre-loaded or ones which are not on the app store?
  2. Can I add additional storage space to either Mi Box S or MI TV Stick?
  3. In terms of the following, which is the better the option the Box or the TV Stick? I'm looking at (i) response time when clicking buttons (my FIL hates his slow android boxes which seem to lag every time you click somewhere), (ii) storage add-ons, and (iii) 3rd part app installation and (iv) connecting to 5G WIFI as the main selling points. Ignore the price when comparing.

Thanks!

Popiasayur

Mi stick is laggy as hell

Darkstar1878

Mi stick 4k with otg cable. Fully certified and supports extra storage. Mine works great with 256 gig usb drive

Darkstar1878

I can confirm that it supports micro otg cable and flash drive. My setup is Mi stick 4k 2021 with otg cable and Samsung 256 gig flash drive. Streaming apps are on main storage and all other are on the flash drive. Kodi and any other side loading apps work perfectly. The only app that does not work is Apple TV, reboots the stick. In developer options set animation scales to 0 or 0.5 and apps to adaptable storage. You can then move apps back and forth between internal storage or external storage. Hope this helps mine also has the latest update and security patches from Xiaomi.

BobVA69

I have the MiBox S I love it, I just recently added a 256GB flash drive to it and found out that it has DVR ability that I was unaware of. After I play with it some this weekend, I’ll let you know what I think, I may end up putting a 4 TB drive on it that I have already.

Deadpool-fan-466

You should say "Xiaomi TV Stick 4K", since "Mi TV Stick" refers to the shitty, laggy 1080p one